Waitrose free coffees

Many years ago I worked in a Glasgow department store called Goldbergs ,lovely shop ,I worked with Santa taking photographs.Christmas carols from the 1st of November until christmas eve.We used their free facility for regular customers ,a lovely wee restaurant called the G-club ,teas coffees ,cakes biscuits ,soups and snacks all served at the covered tables by uniformed waitresses,almost made the screaming kids worthwhile!Alas Goldbergs is no more ,seems like a lifetime ago and it was only mid seventies.Makes Waitroses free coffee seem a bit mean

I am disappointed by this change because it saves me £2.50 per week!

I go there on my home from a one and a half lesson where I would pay £2.50 in the college restaurant or other local takeaway shops.

It will also make the queues at the checkouts longer!

I know retail is suffering from online shopping but I didn't think this applied to supermarkets as we all need to eat.

I think Waitrose should have some sort of loyalty arrangement instead where those who shop there regularly get the free hot drink, and those who got a card simply for the hot drink have to pay.

I think they started giving a free coffee or tea in cafes attached to their shops, and got complaints from customers whose local branches didn't have cafes. They then introduced the machines.
I've hardly ever bothered, as when I've finished shopping, I'd rather go home and have my coffee in comfort, but sure it suits many customers.

I think there coffee is brilliant but I do have a cappuccino not black!

The free newspaper is also great if you spend £10 which includes price of coffee and newspaper.

I also think the staff are particularly nice and no I'm not an employee an know noeone who is.

You don't have to buy a cake Lillie.. There is fresh fruit, there are sandwiches, croissants, scones, biscuits, little packets of shortbread, mostbthings.
And the stipulation is that you consume food bought in the cafe , not altogether unreasonable.
If you "upgrade" to a LARGE size drink you don't have to buy anything to eat and only pay the difference on the drink (I think 30p)
The hot drinks are the same size they have always been BTW.

We shop in Waitrose every second week, and always get our coffee as we're leaving the store. We put the shopping in the car, then sit and have our drinks before driving home. Of course now we'll probably have to pay for the shopping in two lots, or DH won't get his free drink! We never spend less than £100 in there, so it'll be a tad annoying if we have to pay in two lots to get two drinks, but, hey that's life!
We're going to John Lewis tomorrow to use our latest 'free drink and cake' voucher, I recommend the banoffee cheescake!

With no car these days, only a shopping trolley, I spread out my shopping into manageable loads and go to W'rose most days as it's on the way to church and by spreading out the shopping I can have a free paper most days. For many items it's cheaper than my local Coop and the fruit and veg are always fresh. The staff are very helpful and there is no piped music. Also they don't keep moving stuff around so I can't find it. Why does everyone have to have portable coffee these days? What's wrong with a Thermos??

juggernaut your DH can apply for his own My Waitrose card and presumably they will allow one receipt for the two of you?
Might be worth asking at the store.

Free Coffee!!! hmmm is that after spending a fortune on your shopping?

MawBroon
DH already has his own ' My Waitrose' card, but we usually shop together, and while he's loading our shopping back into the trolley, I pay using my debit card and my 'My Waitrose' card. I've always asked for a coffee to be put onto my card, then handed over DH's card for a drink to be put on that too.
I'm wondering now whether Waitrose will be willing to allow two drinks on one receipt, even using two cards, if they will, fine, if not, we'll split the shopping into two lots!